DH Key Terms

Question 1

art or practice of judging and commenting on the qualities and character of literary works.

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literary criticism

Question 2

an organizational tool used to locate and label a collection

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finding aid

Question 3

problematic textual issue that invites different interpretations

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crux

Question 4

Rules about metadata, makes items usable by largest amount of people

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schema

Question 5

All of the scholarly elements and editorial choices that go into critical editions-footnotes, endnotes, index, etc.

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apparatus

Question 6

Consistency of terms used for subject tagging so the same term can be attached to different objects

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controlled vocabulary

Question 7

Collectible items often expected to only hold short term value (ex ticket stubs, postcards, stickers)

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ephemera

Question 8

Belonging or relating to the writer of a book, article, or document; contains authorial intention of the writer.

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authorized

Question 9

Changes to a work that do not affect its meaning (hyphenations, punctuation, font choice…)

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accidental

Question 10

To make a record in an archive space, recording where it is from, date, how it was stored, etc.

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accession

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